From senate at ucr.edu Mon Mar 9 13:33:05 2026 From: senate at ucr.edu (Senate Senate) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 13:33:05 -0700 Subject: [Senate] 2025-2026 Spring Elections: Divisional Call for Nominations Message-ID: *UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA* *RIVERSIDE DIVISION* *ACADEMIC SENATE* *FACULTY OF THE RIVERSIDE DIVISION* *NOTICE OF ELECTION AND CALL FOR NOMINATIONS* *2026-2027* March 9, 2026 In accordance with the Bylaws of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate, nominations are requested for the following positions: *Chair of the Division: 2-year term beginning September 1, 2026* *Kenneth Barish?s term to expire in 2026.* *Vice Chair of the Division: 1-year term beginning September 1, 2026* *Jonathan Eacott?s term to expire in 2026.* *Representative to the Assembly: 2-year term beginning September 1, 2026* *Manuela Martins-Green?s term to expire in 2026.* *Committee on Committees: 3-year terms beginning September 1, 2026* *Committee meets Thursdays 2-3:30pm.* ? Two representatives from the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences *John M. Fischer and Traise Yamamoto?s terms are to expire in 2026. Elected representatives cannot be from History or Dance.* ? One representative from the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences *Francesca Mia Hopkin?s term is to expire in 2026. Elected representatives cannot be from Molecular Cell & Systems Biology, Physics & Astronomy, or Botany & Plant Sciences. * ? One representative from the School of Business or the School of Education *Ashutosh Prasad?s term to expire in 2026.* Nominations can be made electronically on the Senate website at: https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/elections Please note that you must log in using your UCR NetID in order to place a nomination. To be considered for nomination, each candidate must receive at least *five* nominations from eligible Senate members. *Submitting a name indicates that this person has been contacted and has agreed to serve if elected. Proposed nominees will receive email notification to accept or decline the nomination.* The deadline for nominations is *5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2026*. Candidates who receive less than five nominations will not be considered. Following confirmation of the nominees, an electronic ballot will be created, if necessary, with voting due by *Friday, April 10, 2025.* If you have any questions, please contact Moriah Joyner in the Academic Senate Office at moriah.joyner at ucr.edu or on ext. 24785. Feng Xu, Secretary-Parliamentarian Riverside Division of the Academic Senate -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: